I touched on this topic earlier in the semester, but after the overwhelming negative reaction to the emotions of Tim Tebow after losing the SEC Championship game to Alabama, I though it was important that I added a few more notes.
We defined "Sport" earlier in the year, and we can all agree that there must be set rule, no set outcome, points, and a few other attributes, but I personally believe that sport must have heart. When a heat is not playing well, or an athlete is not on the top of their game, we hear the commentators go on and on about how "their heart just was not in the game" but when Tim Tebow showed that his heart was absolutely into his game, he was criticized and made fun of.
Personally, I don't understand what people wanted him to do after he lost an extremely big game.. I guess if he was more "masculine" he would have picked up a folding chair from the side lines, and smashed it over Nick Saban's head, or started calling out and fighting with the other team. Instead, he showed his true emotions, and proved he was human.
After watching the Heisman awards over the weekend, I started thinking about when it's acceptable for athletes to show emotion or not.
ReplyDeleteWhen Ingram won his Heisman this year, he was so overcome with emotion that he couldn't speak for a minute. I think that it was wonderful that he showed this emotion, but at the same time, I don't understand why many people will feel that it's okay for him to cry at that situation (which is all about him) but not for Tim Tebow to cry when his entire team felt a loss..
Men just don't make any sense! :)
I thought people were very supportive of Mark Ingram when he won the Heisman and was "overcome with emotion," so it was interesting to observe the difference in how Tim Tebow was regarded in his response to losing to Alabama. I also thought Tebow was quite poised and respectful even though he did not win the Heisman. Why didn't anyone say anything about that?
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